Hi All,

I'm a new guy on the forum as well as I'm a new guy to the whole renovation thing.

I work in IT and recently bought a villa in sans souci, sydney. Kitchen and the rooms were kind-off renovated by the previous owners, but the bathrooms were original. So we decided to give it a go and start renovation from the ensuite.

Following is the pic of what it used to look like




On the day one we removed all vanities, tabs, shower screens etc. Also removed wall tiles as well, so it started to look more like this:



On the second day we went to a local tools-hire shop and got ourselves a jack-hummer to remove floors.
That was fun. First of all, all articles I read about bathroom renovations had wooden floors under concrete, so my original plan was to remove everything above the wood. Now I was quite surprised to see that there was no wood in floor it was concrete. Unfortunately I realised it too late after I made a nice hole in it



I guess it's not really that bad, and I should be able to fill the hole up with some cement or mortar. I was pretty surprised though to see absolutely no signs of waterproofing on the floor(I guess may be it wasn't required for concrete floors back then), as well as seeing wall tiles going below floors was a bit disappointing.

Anyway that's where I got to so far



Next week I'm planning to remove the walls.

Now I have a few questions.
1) where can I dump all the waste? Currently I have what used to be walls, tiles etc sitting on by backyard, but I'm planning to get a ute and bring it to some one who will accept it. They also need to accept asbestos, cause I assume that's what my walls made off. Anyone got a number? I'd like to find out how should I seal asbestos walls for them to accept them and how much it will cost me.

2) What can I use to fix that hole I made. So far my plan is to use same mortar that will go on the top of water-proofing membrane, but I'm not sure if it's strong enough, I guess alternativelly I can buy a small bag of concrete...

3) What can I use as a waterfroofing membrane for the sower walls. As I understand it's supposed to be some kind of fild that goes under cemento-boards. On the same topic, is it true that I need to use differnt types of the walls for the shower and the rest of the bathroom? I was reading that I need to use cemento-boards with waterproofing under them for the shower itself and green willi-boards for the rest of the room?


In advance thanks for the response, I'll keep this thread updated.


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